Valve



June 2, 1942.

E. W. MARCHAND, JR., ETAL VALVE Filed Sept. 28, 1940 @e736 zawmd j ard Plantea .im z, 1942i' I VALVE Jr.,`-Maywood, Edward A. Fredrickson, Chicago, and Boy lll. Zinkil, Oak Park, lll., assignors to Crane Co., Chicago, lll.` a corporation ot Illinois Application september 28,1940, sesamo. 358,796

` Eugene Marchand,

Claims. Our invenon relates to valves and while it is applicablelto ordinary valve structures our improvements embodyparticular advantages iny stops and/or quiet flow throttling valves in which a positive closure member is combined with a resilient throttling member lto provide relatively simple and economical valves .for the purpose. This application is in furtherance of and constitutes an improvement upon our copending I patent applicationv Serial No. 322,654, filed Maren '1, 1940. I

generally designated I, provided with` vthe I usual threaded inlet 2 andthe threaded outlet 3 and also has its upper portion adapted to receive the valve operating members. As previously stated, the valve is of the type generally known as a non-rising stem valve wherein the operating spindle 4 extends through the centerpiece member 5 and is maintained in rotatable but nonreciprocable relationship `therewith by the laterally` projecting annular rib i, the latter being restrained against reciprocal movement by the An important object of our invention is to pro- Y vide a valve for use preferably, thoughnot necesi sarily, on a domestic water supply. pipelinewhich valve will serve the dual purpose of shutting off the flow of fluid through `the pipeline. or ofv substantially quiet flow therethrough at relativelylgh velocities.

.Another object lies -in the provision of a valve `closure member having an improved guiding `and l :duid passageway forming portion whereby the chattering of the valve and theusual noises pronut 'I. The upper portion of the lspindle 4 is surrounded by a stufiing box wherein a quantity of packing 8 is compressed by the stuliing nut 9 so as` to prevent iluid leakage past the spindle.

The valve'closure member comprises the conical shaped resilient seating member II which is assembled upon the lower portion of the holder duced by lluid passing through the valve are y materially `reduced. or else substantially elimi- It is also an object of our invention to provide in combination therewith an improved cooperat` ing guidingmember for the valve closure member and with novel means for'securing the said guiding member within the valve.

A still further object of our invention lies in the provision of a resilient conical shapedseating member for the closure member having one or more chambers into which the resilient member may distort upon external pressure being applied thereto, as in seating the closure member, whereby the portions of the resilient seating member extending beyond the limits of the valve seat will not have a tendency to bulge over the end peripheries of the seat and, thus become subject to cutting and abrasive treatment upon operation of the valve.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention comprises certain featur of construction and operation of parts which will Ahereinafter be. described` in detail in connection` with the drawing, wherein 1' is a vertical sectional view of a `valve embodying our invention. I f I Fig. 2 is a view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a viewtaken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Like reference numerals refer to like parts Ythroughout. the various views of the drawing.

We have chosen to illustrate and describe our invention as itmay be applied to a non-rising stem type ofvalve having a frusto-conical seat and closure member, but it willbe apparent as the description proceeds that the invention isequally applicable to a rising stem type of valve. `llteferrlng to Fig. l, the valve body or casing,

member I2. The seating member II is preferably made of a molded resilient material such as, for example, rubber or the like,having its external conical surface serrated or roughe'ned as at I3 and the lower end thereof closed and `heinispherical` in shape as at I4. The central and upper portions of the seating member II are hollow and the member is adapted to be assembled onto the lower portion of the holder member I2 simply by pushing the latter member into the hollow portions of the rubber member.

The holder I2 comprises a cup-shaped upper portion I5 and an internally screw threaded spindle receiving lowerportion I6. The external shape of the lower portion I6 is generally cylindrical andis provided with a suitable flange Ilwhich acts to retain the seating member I I thereon. I

The centerpiece member 5 which we prefer to attachto the upper portion of the casing I by means of a union ring nut I8, has a depending portion I9 provided with a pair of axial ribs 2 I all of whichiit telescopically within the cupshaped upper .portion I5 of the holderr I2. As more clearly shownin Fig. 2, the cup I5 is provided with the grooves' 22 into which'the ribs` `2| extend whereby the depending` portion I9 of the centerpiece member 5 in cooperation with the hollow 'cylindrical upper portion '23 of the valve body I guide the said holder and restrict ing cavitation of the uid and thus producing noises. In order to, maintain the velocity of the fluid below a critical noise `producing value when the valve is throttled, it has been found that `and an outlet, a substantially conical seat within the said casing, a closure member for said seat, said casing having within it substantially unbroken walled passageways of gradually increasing cross-section from al1 points at the outlet of the seating surfaces to the outlet of the valve,

face in the valve for the purpose of silencing even further the inherent noises in the pipeline. V

In order to further enhance the'quiet flow .of fluid through the valve, it will also be noted lthat the external surface of the cup l5 together with the channeled portion 25 of the valve body cooperate to form an unbroken walled uid passageway from all points at the outlet of the seating surfaces to the outlet of the valve.

Attention is now directed to Fig. 3, wherein a sectional view is shown through the central portion of the rubber seating member il. We provide preferably a plurality of axial flutes or chambers 26 into which the rubber positioned ex- -rernally thereof may distort upon the seating of the closure member. It will be apparent that without the provision of the chambers 26, upon seating of the closure member for a complete stoppage of fluid ilow through the valve there would be a tendency for the rubber to bulge outwardly and under the lower edge 21 (Fig. 1) of the valve seat. By providing space within'the said closure member comprising a hollow substantially conical rubber-like seating member a substantial portion of an unbroken annular,

passageway within the said casing above the said seat, the said seating member having chambers interiorly thereof whereby upon closing the said rubber member Il for the rubber to compressl thereinto the service life of the rubber is materially prolonged and there will be no tendency for the rubber to be cut andabraded by the relatively sharp edge at 21.

Having thus described in detail the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is of course evident that the parts may be varied in many particulars'without departing from the spirit and scope of .the invention as defined by the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A valve comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet, aA circular seat of varying crosssection within the said casing, a closure member for said seat, said closure member comprising a hollow circular resilient seating member of varying cross-section and a partially enclosed holder member therefor, the means providing for said partial enclosureof the said holder member comprising a cylindrical walled portion extending within an upper recessed portion of the said casing, said seating member having chambers interiorly thereof whereby upon closing the said valve the resilient material displaced by the seat may distort into the said chambers, the said circular seat having a roughened seating surface thereon.

2. A valve comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a substantially conical seat within the said casing, a closure member for said seat, said closure member comprising a substantially conical rubber-like seating member having a rounded lower nose portion within the path of ilow, a walled holder member for the said rubberlike seating member and of a diameter substantially equal to that of thes upper end of the conical seat, said seating member having chambers interiorly thereof -whereby upon closing the said valve theresilient material displaced by the seat may deform into the said chambers, the said conical seat member and the said conical rubberlike seating member having a roughened seating surface therebetween.

valve the rubber-like material displaced by the seat may deform into the said chambers', the said hollow rubber-like member having an annular recess extendingaround the inside thereof and designed to fit snugly over the flanged portion of the aforesaid holder member whereby the rubberlike seating member can be removably assembled onto said holder member by forcing the latter into the former, the said conical seat member and the said hollow conical resilient seating member having a roughened seating surface therebetween.

4. A valve comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a ircular'seat of varying crosssection within the said casing, a closure member for said seat, guiding means within the casing for restricting the closure member to substantially non-rotative reciprocal movement, said closure member comprising a hollow .circular resilient seating member of varying cross-section, a holder member extending into the said resilient seatingV member, said seating member and the said holder member having chambers therebetweenwhereby upon closing the said valve the resilient material displaced by the seat may distort into the said chambers, the said holder member and thesaid resilient seating member having means whereby the said hollow resilient member f is removably secured upon the said holder member, the said circular seat member and the said hollow resilient seating member having a ser- 1 rated seating surface therebetween.

l5. In a valve, a casing having an inlet and an outlet, a tapered valve seat within the said casing, a closure member for the said seat, the said closure member comprising a tapered resilient seating member and a holder therefor, the said holder Ahaving a cylindrical portion extending upwardly axially from the said seating member, the cylindrical portion being of a diameter substantially equal to the large` diameter of the tapered portion of the said seating member and extending at all positions of the seating `member relatively closely within an upper recess of the said casing, a centerpiece member secured within the said casing and telescopically depending within the said cylindrical portion, cooperating means on the said centerpiece member and the said cylindrical portion whereby relative movement between the said centerpiece member-and the said cylindrical portion is closely guided and restricted to substantially non-rotative reciprocal movement. EUGENE W. MARCHAND, Jn. EDWARDl A. FREDRICKSON. ROY H. ZINKIL. 

